Şaziye Erdoğan-Okur (born February 23,1992)[1] is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the Women's −45 kg division. Okur is the current world record holder in the −44 kg division of youth category with 77 kg in the snatch, 92 kg in the clean & jerk events and 169 kg in total.[2]
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| Full name | Şaziye Erdoğan-Okur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 February 1992 Ankara, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 153 cm (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 45 kg (99 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –45 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Talat Ünlü, Mustafa Doğan, Erkan Kayır and Nurcihan Gönül | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
She was born to a poor family in Ankara, where her father was a construction worker. Already at the age of 11, she started with weightlifting in the primary school in Keçiören, Ankara.[1]
At the 2009 European Weightlifting Junior Championships held in Landskrona, Sweden, on 28 July, she broke four European youth records lifting 79.0 kg in snatch, 97.0 kg in clean&jerk and 172.0 and then 176.kg in total.[3][4]
She is trained by Talat Ünlü, Mustafa Doğan, Erkan Kayır and Nurcihan Gönül.[1]
In 2013, Okur was banned from international competition by the International Weightlifting Federation for 2 years for use of anabolic steroid Stanozolol.[5]
She won the bronze medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[6][7]
She won the gold medal in the women's 45 kg event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania.[8][9] She won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg Snatch and Clean & Jerk events at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[10]
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 |  Pattaya, Thailand | 45 kg | 73 | 75 | 77 |  | 90 | 92 |  | 169 | | |
| 2021 |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 45 kg | 74 | 76 | | 93 |  | 169 | | |||
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 |  Batumi, Georgia | 45 kg | 70 | 73 | 75 | | 88 | | 163 | | ||
| 2022 |  Tirana, Albania | 45 kg | 71 | 73 | | 88 | 90 | - | | 163 | | |
| Mediterranean Games | ||||||||||||
| 2018 |  Tarragona, Spain | 48 kg | 74 | 78 | | 93 | 96 | | 174 | 1 | ||
| 2022 |  Oran, Algeria | 49 kg | 73 | 75 | | 92 | 95 | | 170 | 3 | ||
| Islamic Solidarity Games | ||||||||||||
| 2017 |  Baku, Azerbaijan | 48 kg | 70 | 74 | | 90 | 93 | | 166 | | ||